2020 yikes!
David Visick
Well, what a year! And it’s June already?! It’s like a bad dream I can’t wake up from.
My son is a Berkeley High Student and this is his senior year. He’s frustrated trying to do his homework on line. He tries find creative ways to connect with friends by gaming and Skyping together. Some days it’s a struggle trying to keep boredom and worry away.
Sam outside with cap and gown
My shop is closed. I still go down there about 5 days a week and make stuff, clean and keep a late schedule of 2-7pm. This week I’m working on earrings. Silver necklaces and art image pieces mainly.
I can throw myself into something, a big mess follows. I make a bunch, then suddenly, that’s done. Clean up, go onto to next thing.
Mini-medals were my Memorial Day project. That was really fun! This week it’s silver. I gather all the silver findings, wires, jumprings, and chain, put them all out in the dining room table, then dive in! There’s also a giant box of old sterling silver pieces, finished pieces and samples from years ago… I’m finally going to go through that and while I am make new stuff, I am planning to make a sale page and put up some of these older pieces up. If they are in the $12-$55 range I hope someone would enjoy them, or be able to give them as a gift. Website part of my business Is slower than I’d like, but it will happen a bit faster when my son is done with school work!
Silver week, here’s some fun ones. These are 18mm do a bit bigger than usual rounds…. there’s lots of fun patterns in this group.
Earring week! Made these for a customer/friend and decided, let’s make a bunch more for the website (and store?!)
Lemon earrings with lemon jade! $42
Lots of silver earrings, necklaces and goodies are the project in the next ten days. It’s been a long time coming. I haven’t made many earrings in a while. Necklaces too.
The sale stuff is really from about 8 years ago! Some people may like it, some not! The necklaces I used to make are definitely shorter than what I make now! Some I love! They are all sterling silver too! Which I couldn’t make in the same way now, that sterling silver price is so high. I think when I made these silver was still at a decent price! I’ll show some sale pieces below!
I hope everyone is doing okay! Eating well, spending time with family. Not worrying! I’m worried though as I say that! I’m trying to hold onto my store, paying rent while it’s closed, working there and justifying that it is a studio too! Switching to only selling online is especially hard when I’m used to displaying things, seeing people, talking about the details of why something is special. I’m bucking up though and trying to put things up on the site 3-4, even 5 days a week!
Take care! Stay safe and SANE!
Caramia
Things for the sale page in silver (I’ll do resin sale pieces next month!) tons of weird stuff like these! All sterling! $14-$52!